{"id":214867,"date":"2019-05-18T12:59:00","date_gmt":"2019-05-18T16:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=214867"},"modified":"2019-05-18T13:02:51","modified_gmt":"2019-05-18T17:02:51","slug":"comelec-postpones-proclamation-of-winning-senators-party-list-groups","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/05\/18\/comelec-postpones-proclamation-of-winning-senators-party-list-groups\/","title":{"rendered":"Comelec postpones proclamation of winning senators, party-list groups"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FILE: VOTING PRECINCT. Voters fill up their ballots for the Mid-Term Elections in Precinct No. 109325 at Dela Paz Elementary School, Antipolo City, on Monday (May 13, 2019). Some 61 million Filipinos are expected to participate in this year’s polls. (PNA photo by Rico Borja)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

There will be no proclamation of winning senators and party-list groups in the recently-concluded 2019 midterm elections on Sunday, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) said.<\/p>\n

“<\/i>For the schedule of proclamation, hindi po tuloy ‘yung bukas na in<\/i>-announce kahapon <\/i>(Yesterday’s announcement won’t push through tomorrow). We are not ready to proclaim yet, so the schedule will be announced,” Comelec Information and Education Department Director Frances Arabe said in a press conference on Saturday, May 18.<\/p>\n

“It depends if we will be able to finish all the COCs (certificates of canvass) tomorrow. Sobrang <\/i>(Super) tentative because we really want to proclaim immediately after the completion of the canvassing. We will not provide any dates in between after the completion, so just wait for our further announcement,” she added.<\/p>\n

The Comelec, sitting as the National Board of Canvassers, has so far tabulated 149 out of 167 COCs.<\/p>\n

It has yet to receive COCs from Lanao del Sur, Isabela, Zamboanga del Norte, Zamboanga del Sur, Washington DC, Japan, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Oslo, Abuja, Nairobi, Tehran, and from persons deprived of liberty (PDLs).<\/p>\n

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Arabe said it was also “proposed” to the Comelec to hold a special elections on May 20 in Jones, Isabela, where a vote counting machines (VCM) was reportedly burned. One VCM, the official noted, contains 1,000 votes.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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“Sinasabi nila na<\/em> (They said) it will not matter, but for<\/span> Jones, Isabela it will affect the standing of local candidates that is why there is a need for special elections,” she said, adding that the Comelec en banc has yet to rule on the proposal.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Arabe’s remarks came after various groups urged the poll body to suspend the proclamation of national candidates due to allegations of irregularities and voter fraud during the May 13 polls.<\/p>\n

Based on the partial and unofficial count as of 10:10 p.m. on Saturday, the top 12 senatorial candidates are Cynthia Villar, Grace Poe, Christopher “Bong” Go, Pia Cayetano, Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa, Juan Edgardo “Sonny” Angara, Manuel \u201cLito\u201d Lapid, Maria Imelda Josefa \u201cImee\u201d Marcos, Francis Tolentino, Aquilino \u201cKoko\u201d Pimentel, Ramon \u201cBong\u201d Revilla, Jr, and Nancy Binay.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Anti-Crime and Terrorism Community Involvement and Support (ACT-CIS)\u00a0topped the party-list race, followed by Bayan Muna.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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